Lady Possessed

Lady Possessed

LOVE...that fed on darkness and fear!

NR 1952 · 87 min · ★ 5.5 · Mystery, Romance, Thriller

A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage. Afterwards, the second woman feels empty and withdrawn, and, thinking that getting her away from London will help, her husband takes her to live at a country estate, which turns out to be the former residence of the pianist who left after his wife died. The woman begins to get visions of the wife and her final days; is she becoming possessed by the dead wife of the pianist?

Directed by William Spier · Written by James Mason

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James Mason Jimmy Del Palma
June Havoc Jean Wilson
Stephen Dunne Tom Wilson
Fay Compton Mme. Brune
Pamela Mason Sybil
Steven Geray Dr. Stepanek
Diana Graves Medium
Odette Myrtil Mrs. Burrows
Eileen Erskine Violet
John Monaghan Dave
Vivian Bonnell Calypso Singer
Judy Osborne Secretary

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